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Dave & Busters To Test Out Betting On Arcade Games
By the time you are reading this, chances are you heard about it already, as the news has made national headlines. But, we can still discuss it from an operator perspective – Dave &
Read More »EVO Japan 2024 Day 3: Wrapping Up The Show
We’re going into the home stretch with EVO Japan 2024 now on its final couple of dates, with most of the announcements and tournaments done by now and just a few more things to
Read More »EVO Japan 2024 Day 2: Additional Arcade Fighting Games Via exA-Arcadia
It’s day 2 for EVO Japan 2024, and as we saw yesterday, several arcade games were announced. Today, there are more! All of these are coming to the exA-Arcadia platform and while they are
Read More »EVO Japan 2024 Day 1: exA-Arcadia Announces New Arcade Fighters
EVO Japan 2024 is now underway, and this year it means new arcade games. Normally we don’t get much location-based entertainment (LBE) arcade news out of EVO, but in large part thanks to exA-Arcadia,
Read More »Bandai Namco Launches Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash For Charity; Tom & Jerry Air Hockey
Bandai Namco has a few new items out for arcades to enjoy – one of which is a video game. Let’s see what the charity version of Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash is all about, along
Read More »DPVR Announces E4 Arc VR Headset, VR+Hand Tracking For Arcades
Back at CES 2024 in January, a company called DPVR revealed a new VR headset that was made with arcades in mind. Today, they have announced another headset with the same target market, called
Read More »Angry Birds Boom! Spotted On Location Test
It was only a month ago where we had the chance to see all of the latest arcade games coming to the market, but that doesn’t mean that developers are taking a break. Angry
Read More »Newsbytes: New Trailers, Japan & Expo Updates, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the world of arcades, pinball and other location-based entertainment. We haven’t done one of these for a while as it’s been a busy
Read More »Raw Thrills Update: Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR; T-Rex Safari VR; Marvel: Contest of Champions
Fans of Raw Thrills titles have a lot to be excited about lately, as they have been cranking out one new release after the other. Today we have updates on three of these games:
Read More »New Releases: Animal Kaiser Plus [UK]; Surf League [US]
Today brings forth a couple of new games to discuss for release: Bandai Namco Amusement’s Animal Kaiser Plus and Ace Amusement/Coastal Amusements’ Surf League. While we’ve covered the games before, seeing that they have
Read More »Now On Test: Asteroids Recharged by Atari & Alan-1
Mere weeks after being revealed to the world, Utah-based Alan-1 Inc. has begun testing out their new Asteroids Recharged arcade game. What is slightly unusual though is that this is a location test where
Read More »Taito’s Space Invaders Gigamax Comes To America As A Round1USA Exclusive
Long-time readers of the site might remember a story from a few years ago regarding an enormous version of Taito’s signature arcade game being released in Japan. Space Invaders Gigamax is a mighty impressive
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